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Venue

Jerome Hynes Theatre, National Opera House

Tickets

€25

Duration

Approx. running time: 80 minutes (no interval)

Book Tickets

Pocket Opera

Libretto by Georg C. Klaren
Translated by Viktor Jugovic after ‘The Birthday of the Infanta’ by Oscar Wilde

Music by Alexander Zemlinsky

Sung in English

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A powerful journey of innocence, illusion, and heartbreak. A Sultan has sent a dwarf as a present to a Spanish princess on her birthday. His tender feelings begin to blossom into love for her, but instead she toys with him and offers him a white rose in amusement. Unaware of his appearance, he mistakes it for a sign of affection. Heartbroken and left alone, he discovers a mirror, sees his own reflection and dies clutching the white rose. Zemlinsky’s lush, late-Romantic score drew inspiration from the painful end of his relationship with Alma Mahler.

Cast

Charne Rochford Tenor
The Dwarf
Charne Rochford
Eleri Gwilym Soprano
Donna Clara, the Infanta
Eleri Gwilym
Charlotte Baker Soprano
Ghita her attendant
Charlotte Baker
Ross Cumming Bass
Don Estoban, the chamberlain
Ross Cumming
Victoria Harley Soprano
First Maid
Victoria Harley
Olivia Carrell Soprano
Second Maid
Olivia Carrell
Cerys Macallister Soprano
Friend of the Infanta
Cerys Macallister
Heather Sammon Soprano
Friend of the Infanta
Heather Sammon
Eleanor O Driscoll Mezzo
Friend of the Infanta
Eleanor O'Driscoll
Camilla Seale Mezzo
Friend of the Infanta
Camilla Seale

Creative Team

Chris Moran Stage Director
Stage Director
Chris Moran
Christopher Knopp Music Director
Music Director
Christopher Knopp

Dates and times

Dates and times
Sunday 19 Oct11am 11am €25 Book Tickets
Tuesday 21 Oct11am 11am €25 Book Tickets
Thursday 23 Oct3pm 3pm €25 Sold Out
Saturday 25 Oct3pm 3pm €25 Sold Out
Monday 27 Oct11am 11am €25 Book Tickets
Thursday 30 Oct3pm 3pm €25 Sold Out
Friday 31 Oct3pm 3pm €25 Sold Out

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